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Evilmop   09-01-2008 at 12:59:01 PM

Im currently running a cheapo 550 watt ATX powersupply on my system.

Specs are:

e4600, 2 gigs of ram, and a hd3850.

Usual 2 HDD and one DVD drive.

I will be upgrading to a hd4850 and want to know if this PSU will be ok?

http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech [...] ?HYP-4M530

Also will I see a performance increase when installing this new PSU?

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Evilmop   09-01-2008 at 01:48:19 PM
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Any got any ideas as im ready to order right now, if this is no good could anyone reccomend somthing better for around the same price?

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hallowed_dragon   09-01-2008 at 02:01:48 PM
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For your setup a 450-500 W quality PSU will do (Corsair, Antec, PC&C etc.). This PSUs are much better than Hyper so I suggest to buy one of those. Do not go cheap on the PSU because it is one of the most important PC components.

Suggestions:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817139003
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817139001
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817371007
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817703016

...just to say a few.

Check this out to see which manufacturer is better for you in terms of product availability and pricing:
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forum [...] p?t=108088. Any PSU from tier 1 and 2 will do just fine even for your future builds.

------------------------------ Q6600 stock; GB-P35-DS3L; 4GB A-DATA Vitesta Extreme; Sapphire ATI 4870 760/1000; 1+ TB HDDs (Seagate + Maxtor + WD); OCZ StealthXtream 600W; ASUS VW222U 22"
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homerdog   09-01-2008 at 02:15:59 PM
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You can't go wrong with any of hallowed_dragon's suggestions, although that PCP&C model seems overpriced to me..

No, a PSU upgrade will not give you a performance increase.

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Evilmop   09-01-2008 at 02:56:21 PM
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Corsair VX 450W ATX

This is what I have decided to go with, Cant see me going quad core or any higher CPU for a while. So all is good.

Thanks for your help.

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hallowed_dragon   09-01-2008 at 03:48:16 PM
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^^^ Good choise.

------------------------------ Q6600 stock; GB-P35-DS3L; 4GB A-DATA Vitesta Extreme; Sapphire ATI 4870 760/1000; 1+ TB HDDs (Seagate + Maxtor + WD); OCZ StealthXtream 600W; ASUS VW222U 22"
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homerdog   09-01-2008 at 06:18:28 PM
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Evilmop wrote :

Corsair VX 450W ATX

This is what I have decided to go with, Cant see me going quad core or any higher CPU for a while. So all is good.

Thanks for your help.


Excellent PSU

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Evilmop   09-01-2008 at 06:46:54 PM
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SO that is now sorted, just want to check about this card: Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 Dual Slot.

no when it says dual slot what exactly does this mean, I only have a single PCi-e slot availible.

My Mobo is AS rock d667, anyone know if this will fit ok?

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bobbknight   09-01-2008 at 07:00:23 PM
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Here is a list of 80 plus certified PSU's
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] rder=PRICE
You will see that the PCPower PSU of equal power is now often lower in price than many of the other brands.

PCPower is the gold standard of PSU's.

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frozenlead   09-01-2008 at 08:27:25 PM
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Dual slot just means that the card takes up one slot space and the cooler for it takes up another. It doesn't actually use 2 PCI-e slots, electrically, it just takes up 2 physical spaces.

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ZOldDude   09-01-2008 at 08:48:13 PM
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When you buy a PC Power & Cooling PSU you get the best.
Worth every cent.

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